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Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) is dead at 41

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Early reports are that he took his own life.

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  • PsykomaPsykoma Registered User regular
    I know amongst mature and not-teenager adults, linkin park has been looked upon unkindly.
    But I personally don't really know anyone for whom linkin park and Chester Bennington was not a huge part of their life for years.

    This is painful.

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    I'd be lying if I said I didn't love linkin park when I was in high school, even if I am not a fan now

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    It's a shame that anyone would take their own life, and my heart goes out to his family, friends, bandmates, and fans.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    He was a genuinely fantastic singer. I never liked Linkin Park's music much, but his voice was always the best part of it.

  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    damn

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  • AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    He was a genuinely fantastic singer. I never liked Linkin Park's music much, but his voice was always the best part of it.

    I could never quite get behind their work myself but he was a hell of a vocalist, agreed.

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    I can't imagine how much what happened with Chris Cornell affected him. They were good friends, and he sang at Cornell's funeral

    Today would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday too

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    I actually really liked their first album. I know it was overplayed, but there's some great stuff on there.

  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    Dang, I had Hybrid Theory memorized front-to-back when I was a fifteen.

    Poor guy. I feel for him, his family, and his bandmates. What a damn shame.

  • DeciusDecius I'm old! I'm fat! I'M BLUE!Registered User regular
    edited July 2017
    Psykoma wrote: »
    I know amongst mature and not-teenager adults, linkin park has been looked upon unkindly.
    But I personally don't really know anyone for whom linkin park and Chester Bennington was not a huge part of their life for years.

    This is painful.

    Yeah the bitter jaded adult in me is fighting teenage me from 20 years ago over this one. It's just a shite way to go, period. If Fred Durst did the same, it would be the same sadness.

    And yeah, I still listen to Linkin Park occasionally.

    Decius on
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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    Jesus I was literally singing one of their songs when I saw this thread

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  • HermanoHermano Registered User regular
    Shit, poor guy

    enjoyed their music growing up, especially the Jay-z mashup album


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  • BillyIdleBillyIdle What does "katana" mean? It means "Japanese sword."Registered User regular
    I just watched this last night too.
    Damn...
    https://youtu.be/bn496_tgqIk

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  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    I wasn't a fan of their later work but i got a lot of screaming and frustration out singing along to hybrid theory in my angsty high school years.

    This sucks.

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Tube wrote: »
    I actually really liked their first album. I know it was overplayed, but there's some great stuff on there.

    their first two albums along with Reanimation are some of my favorite albums ever

    Reanimation was fucking crazy cool

    I remember the Aaron Lewis version of Crawling being really cool.

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  • DeciusDecius I'm old! I'm fat! I'M BLUE!Registered User regular
    I actually enjoyed A Thousand Suns. I feel like I'm the only one :lol:. It was different, but I'm OK with the type of band Linkin Park was growing up a little.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    This sucks.

    I know Hybrid Theory gets joked about a lot but I actually liked the album quite a bit. Even if I fell off on their later stuff.

    Even went to go see them perform once. It was high energy and everybody was having a good time.

    This is really sad.

  • AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Oghulk wrote: »
    depression fucking sucks

    If you (like me and I'm sure a number of other people posting here) have ever had to grapple with it yourself, basically all of these guys finally not managing to outlast it after all since Robin Williams couldn't has been demoralizing as hell.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    One of the radio stations I listen to here in the Vegas valley is already on top of a tribute to Bennington. I liked LP's music, not in a mega huge way, but still. This was at the top of what the DJ started to play.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgycukafqQ

  • ZibblsnrtZibblsnrt Registered User, Moderator mod
    I was wondering why the local radio was playing a bunch of LP stuff - they generally don't - and then caught that, damn.

    Thousand Suns in particular's been a decreasingly-guilty pleasure of mine for awhile. I think that's my background material for the next 45 minutes.

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    He was a genuinely fantastic singer. I never liked Linkin Park's music much, but his voice was always the best part of it.
    Didn't he do some time as Stone Temple Pilots' frontman? How did that work out?

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  • MalReynoldsMalReynolds The Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicines Registered User regular
    Auralynx wrote: »
    Oghulk wrote: »
    depression fucking sucks

    If you (like me and I'm sure a number of other people posting here) have ever had to grapple with it yourself, basically all of these guys finally not managing to outlast it after all since Robin Williams couldn't has been demoralizing as hell.

    More than that, it's legitimately scary.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Speaking of Hybrid Theory apparently Linkin Park was hip enough to officially upload the album, open access, to YouTube.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t2WkCudwfY

  • HybridHybrid South AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2017
    goddamn. hybrid theory, reanimation and meteora defined my teenage years. I never stopped listening to them, even if their impact on me faded a little. I even went back just a few months ago to give their later albums a re-listen. surprised how much I dug them. a thousand suns has some great stuff.

    also, as someone still pretty early on in dealing with my mental health stuff, it is hard to see it happen to people like this.

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  • DeciusDecius I'm old! I'm fat! I'M BLUE!Registered User regular
    Man, now I'm thinking of the LP songs I listened to in my battle with depression. They're songs I typically skip now.

    RIP Chester.

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  • Darth WaiterDarth Waiter Elrond Hubbard Mordor XenuRegistered User regular
    My roommate is taking this one hard; I've enjoyed various songs of LP for the better part of fifteen years, not a superfan but still a fan.

    I can't even imagine what the rest of the guys in the band must be going through right now.

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Best track from Hybrid Theory, although now it's especially depressing.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve1LNJEIKUE

  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    I was never a huge Linkin Park fan, but I don't think anyone exists my age that doesn't have a few songs from Hybrid Theory burned into their heads for eternity during high school.

  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    Weird. We had In The End on earlier which is the first time I'd heard it in years.

    I think Linkin Park is pretty dang cheesy now, but I got a lot of use out of them when I was younger. And this is tragic regardless of whether the music was good or not anyway. 41 is no age.

  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    One of my brothers is pretty shook by this. Linkin Park was a huge part of his teenage years, and he also deals with depression himself, so this is hitting him hard.

  • never dienever die Registered User regular
    Goddamn this sucks. Like a lot of people, they were heavily instrumental in my teens dealing with shit.

  • PsykomaPsykoma Registered User regular
    This was the first Linkin Park I was exposed to, I absolutely loved it and it still holds a place in my heart

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsCD5XCu6CM

  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    Man, my very first concert was the Chicago stop on the Hybrid Theory tour, and stuff from that album has never left the rotation on my iPod. Even though I had grown away from their more recent stuff, this still hits like a brick.

  • never dienever die Registered User regular
    jgeis wrote: »
    Man, my very first concert was the Chicago stop on the Hybrid Theory tour, and stuff from that album has never left the rotation on my iPod. Even though I had grown away from their more recent stuff, this still hits like a brick.

    One of the few major bands I ever saw in person was Linkin Park during one of their Pro Rev tours.

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